Mont Soleil
Appearance
Mont Soleil | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,291 m (4,236 ft) |
Prominence | 221 m (725 ft)[1] |
Parent peak | Mont Racine |
Coordinates | 47°09′55″N 6°59′20″E / 47.16528°N 6.98889°E |
Geography | |
Location | Bern, Switzerland |
Parent range | Jura Mountains |
Mont Soleil is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, located north of Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The summit reaches to 1,291 metres (4,236 ft) and the area can be easily accessed with Funiculaire Saint-Imier-Mont-Soleil , a funicular from Saint-Imier, reaching a height of 1,180 m (3,870 ft).
An observatory is located on the summit as well as several wind turbines and a solar park: the former with their presence, the highest is 150 m (490 ft) high, and noise introduced an element of disturbance in the landscape.[2]
Gallery
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View of Chasseral from the solar park
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View of the summit with a wind turbine
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View of the summit with the wind turbines
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Astronomical Observatory
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Pension des Eloyes
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View of Saint Imier and Mont Soleil
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House Peter Widmer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located north of Les Convers at 1,070 metres.
- ^ Neuenschwander, Pia (31 August 2014). "Im Berner Jura auf dem Mont Crosin befindet sich der älteste und grösste Windpark der Schweiz" [In the Jura Mountains on Mount Crosin one finds the oldest and largest Windpark of Switzerland] (in German). Horizonte Aargau. "Er dreht, dreht, weht der Wind". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
External links
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